Numbers 20:17:7Num.20.17.W7TAB
וְלֹ֥א
velo
“and we will not”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO
- Extended
- veh-LOH
- IPA
- /vəˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we will not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO nish-TEH
- clause
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER
- sentence
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
In context — Numbers 20:17
Please let us pass through your land. We will not travel through a field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from a well. We will remain on the king’s road and will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have gone beyond your border.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word וְלֹ֥א (velo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.20.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W7.S1) and character.